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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Weekly Reading-Listen to the Moon

I have been doing a lot of reading. One of my favorites was Listen to the Moon ( M. Morgurego) . This is the amazing story of the author's grandmother who 'came out of nowhere'. ' Lucy"was rescued by Alfie and Jim Wheatcroft and taken to their home on the islands by Sicily.

She is loved and taken care of , even though she is found with a blanket with German words on it. This is during the time of the beginnings of WWI. Traumatized by something or someone , she does not speak for the longest time.
Alfie ( the son, who is a couple years older than she) makes the most progress with her, She listens to him and he can tell that she understands what he is saying. He protects her at school.

The doctor is also supportive of the Wheatcroft. Mary the wife and mother dotes on the girl and loves her like the daughter she never had. The town is not so good to the family, because the girl is believed to be German.

The story unfolds slowly as 'Lucy' gets better, A piano, a German, and time bring the story to a very satisfying conclusion, I just wish there was another book so we can see what happens next.

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